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Wait, that came out incorrectly.I realize that tortoises are pure amid because of poor care. But often the people with peer amid a Tauruses
My large, smooth, female sulcata that is fostered out right now was raised in Idaho of all places. I had money with me at the time earmarked for another prearranged, female pancake purchase. The folks with Makita,(sulcata) were nice folks moving but didn't want to take her. They were asking $500 for. I couldn't do that. All I had was $200 so I asked them if they'd do it. I stepped back to give them room to talk. They talked and the wife looked up at me and said yes. Other than my hatchling I got from Tom, this is the only time I've paid for a sulcata. I did it because she's beautiful and I wanted to insure she was with someone that understood that. Here is here picture and I hope you agree…View attachment 151898 those are 8"x8" pieces of lumber.
I dont know why you feel the need to not post here much and or why you would want to google for info. There is so much out there that is bad. As for our members not being genuine. I think your wrong here too. Animal people in general are very genuine and care about your tort/animal almost as much as their own. When people post about pyramiding, it's usually to help you and believe it or not, many don't know that tortoises are not suppose to be bumpy. Many of us have pyramided tortoises, bad Google info is the reason for some of us. A search of Google will show a lot of pyramided tortoises and most of the care advice out there will help you achieve a pyramided tortoises. I do hope you will do your tort good by at least search for,the correct info on this forum. If you don't want to post, that's sad, but you can sure still read as much info from this forum as needed.
This is the precise reason I bought Little Ricky from Tom. I knew it could be done and I had to prove it. Tom, at the time was the only breeder I trusted to start them right. If you haven't seen him, here's Little Ricky,The crime is if you have the information and you still don't use it. Basically just about all the information people need is here on this forum, it's their choice if they use it or not.
Seems like a confusion of cultural choices with nutritional ones.It's kind of like going out to dinner with a group that includes vegans, gluten-free, Paleo, etc, that want to lecture me about my beer and hamburger. If I'm in good health (I am) and my doctor's not worried about (he's not) then unsolicited advice is annoying and more than a little presumptuous.
I have two very large Aldabra tortoises that are quite bumpy. I'm ashamed! I raised them from babies, but I didn't know about the humid/hot method of helping the tortoise to grow smoothly. So they were raised dry. I also have three 11 year old Yellowfooted tortoises that look like pine cones and they have bitten off each others' tails. I'm ashamed of that too. If I had it to do over again would I raise bumpy tortoises? I doubt it. Thank goodness for the info posted on this forum!
This is the precise reason I bought Little Ricky from Tom. I knew it could be done and I had to prove it. Tom, at the time was the only breeder I trusted to start them right. If you haven't seen him, here's Little Ricky, View attachment 151902
Seems like a confusion of cultural choices with nutritional ones.
just like rocket surgeryIndeed. Sometimes searching for the right analogy is like driving into a blind intersection with no stop sign.
I don't know Ken, that tortoise looks awfully domed and rounded. Those growth rings are very uniform and consistent. Maybe you should start feeding less hay and grasses.This is the precise reason I bought Little Ricky from Tom. I knew it could be done and I had to prove it. Tom, at the time was the only breeder I trusted to start them right. If you haven't seen him, here's Little Ricky, View attachment 151902